An autonomous moving apparatus includes a handheld housing adapted to contain a printing head, an actuating mechanism adapted to move the housing on top of a printing surface, an audio sensor, and at least one non-audio sensor selected from a group comprising a distance sensor, a touch sensor, and an image sensor. Processing circuitry is adapted to execute a code for analyzing an audio signal captured by the audio sensor to detect a voice command; in response to the detection of the voice command, analyzing readings of at least one non-audio sensor to identify a triggering event; in response to the detection of the triggering event, instructing the actuating mechanism such that the housing moves along a printing pattern associated with the triggering event, and instructing the printing head to print media extracted from the readings, selected according to an analysis of the readings.
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2. The autonomous moving apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is adapted to identify a previously printed image on the printing surface based on readings from the at least one non-audio sensor, and to autonomously position the autonomous moving apparatus so as to align the printed media in relation to the previously printed image.
3. The autonomous moving apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to identify a print start location on the printing surface based on readings from the at least one non-audio sensor, and to autonomously reposition the autonomous moving apparatus to the print start location prior to printing the media.
5. The autonomous moving apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is further adapted to execute a code for: in response to a voice command instructing capturing an image of an object with the image sensor, locating the object, determining whether the image sensor is capable of imaging the object at a desired size and resolution from its position, and, upon a determination that the image sensor is not able to image the object at the desired size and resolution, autonomously repositioning the autonomous moving apparatus prior to capturing the image.
6. The autonomous moving apparatus of claim 1, wherein the media is a plurality of markings on the printing surface, wherein each respective pair of markings from the plurality of markings is separated by the same interval.
8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7, further comprising computer-executable instructions for selecting the image based on at least one of temporal proximity to an acquisition of the image by the computing device and temporal proximity to an electronic calendar entry associated with the image.
14. The method of claim 10, further comprising: in response to a voice command instructing capturing an image of an object with the image sensor, locating the object, determining whether the image sensor is capable of imaging the object at a desired size and resolution from its position, and, upon a determination that the image sensor is not able to image the object at the desired size and resolution, autonomously repositioning the autonomous moving apparatus prior to capturing the image.
15. The method of claim 10, wherein the media is a plurality of markings on the printing surface, wherein each respective pair of markings from the plurality of markings is separated by the same interval.
16. The method of claim 15, further comprising selecting the image based on at least one of temporal proximity to an acquisition of the image by the computing device and temporal proximity to an electronic calendar entry associated with the image.
17. The method of claim 15, further comprising selecting the image based on display of the image on a display of the computing device.
18. The method of claim 15, further comprising selecting the image to be printed based on an instruction from the user.
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